Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Apr 22, 2026· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2026-6843
CVE-2026-6843
Description
A flaw was found in nano. A local user could exploit a format string vulnerability in the statusline() function. By creating a directory with a name containing printf specifiers, the application attempts to display this name, leading to a segmentation fault (SEGV). This results in a Denial of Service (DoS) for the nano application.
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Affected products
10- osv-coords2 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/nano&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/nano&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0
< 9.0-2.1+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0-2.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.1-bp160.1.1
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 4 more
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
2- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-6843nvdThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
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